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# Android scanners

With an Android barcode scanner you scan items straight in and out of your stock via the Robaws App. The scanner types the barcode into the app as keystrokes, so you first have to set the device up correctly. Below you will find the scanners our customers use and the settings you need.

## Compatible scanners

The models below are used by our customers today, with very positive experiences:

![Zebra TC26 SE4100](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eadf6dec760ec000/zebra-tc26-se4100_wrc2o1.jpeg)

![Zebra MC3300](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eadf6dec760ec000/zebra-mc3300_10b168q.jpeg)

This is not a certified list, but a list based on experience. Do make sure that the device has the **Google Play Store**, so that you can install the Robaws App. Are you unsure about the compatibility of your current scanner? In that case, contact your account manager.

## Setting up the scanner in DataWedge

Android scanners have an app on board with the term "DataWedge" in its name. On Zebra devices this is **DataWedge Profiles**. We use that app in this guide. If you do not have a Zebra device, the screens may look slightly different in practice.

Create a new profile in DataWedge Profiles:

1. Click the dots at the top right and choose **New profile**.
2. Give the profile the name **Robaws**.
3. Switch **Profile enabled** on.
4. Under **Associated apps**, click the dots at the top right, choose **New app/activity**, then `be.eforge.bawsy` and after that the character `*`.
5. Under **Barcode input**, tick the option **Enabled**.
6. Are you using a gun trigger? Then also switch **Hardware Trigger** on.
7. Under **Keystroke output**, switch the option **Enabled** on. Click **Key event options** underneath it and select **Send Characters as Events**.
8. In the same category, go on to **Basic Data Formatting** and tick **Enable**, **Send data** and **Send ENTER key**.

![Key event options - Android Data Wedge](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eadf6dec760ec000/screenshot20230103-151510_6fs1c4.png)

![Basic Data Formatting - Android Data Wedge](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eadf6dec760ec000/screenshot20230103-145746_13dlwqs.png)

||| **Send Characters as Events** is essential. Without that option the scanner passes the barcode on too quickly and the app does not pick it up.

| Do you only use the device for Robaws? Then you may switch off all the other profiles.

## Setting up the Robaws App

Then open the Robaws App and click the three horizontal lines at the top left. Choose **settings**.

![Menu of the Robaws App with settings](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eadf6dec760ec000/schermafbeelding-2022-05-30-om_14q9aep.png)

- Under **scan keycode**, click the barcode. If you have a gun trigger, press it once. A number automatically appears with the keycode.
- Under **stock location**, you set the [standard stock location](https://support.robaws.com/en/article/creating-a-stock-location-uc9d9b/) in advance, if you want to.

From then on you go to the **stock** module in the app and scan items in or out, without manual entry.

## The text on my scanner is too small

You solve that in the Android settings of the device itself:

1. Go to the **settings** of the device.
2. Click **Accessibility**.
3. Adjust **Font size** and **Display size** as you wish. In the example below, both are set to small.

![Settings - Accessibility - Display](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eadf6dec760ec000/screenshot20230103-161108_gsunry.png)

Is scanning still not working after that? The scanner and DataWedge are products of the manufacturer. For problems with the device itself, Zebra support will help you further via [zebra.com/support](https://www.zebra.com/us/en/support-downloads.html). For questions about the Robaws App you can contact support@robaws.com.